From:	CRDGW2::CRDGW2::MRGATE::"SMTP::CRVAX.SRI.COM::RELAY-INFO-VAX"  8-SEP-1989 02:45
To:	MRGATE::"ARISIA::EVERHART"
Subj:	Re: anonymous ftp under MultiNet?

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Date:     Thu, 7 Sep 89 22:59:42 PDT
From: adelman@TGV.COM (Kenneth Adelman)
Reply-To: Adelman@TGV.COM (Kenneth Adelman)
Message-Id: <890907224736.202005d1@TGV.COM>
Subject:  Re: anonymous ftp under MultiNet?
In-Reply-To: Your message <621229817.150000.KASHTAN@IU.AI.SRI.COM> dated  7-Sep-1989
To: howells@krypton.arc.nasa.gov
Cc: info-vax@sri.com

> We're switching from Wollongong tcp/ip to MultiNet (don't ask why) and
> in the process discovered that anonymous ftp is not a simple thing to
> set up. I've RTFM, but nothing is mentioned about anon ftp. I've also
> looked at the source code for ftp and ftp_server and found a reference
> to guest login, but nothing specific about how it actually works.

> Has anybody been able to set up anonymous ftp with MultiNet? I'd
> appreciate any hints.

    Create a VMS account "ANONYMOUS" which has the password
"GUEST" (users can send any password, but the account must have the
password GUEST). The account should be set up in AUTHORIZE

    /NETWORK/NOBATCH/NOLOCAL/NODIALUP/NOREMOTE
    and /PRIV=NONETMBX/DEFPRIV=NONETMBX

    Allowing /NETWORK access without NETMBX prevents the account from
being accessed via DECnet.

    By default the anonymous account can only read files, but from
anywhere on your system.  You can restrict it to a particular
directory tree using the SET ANONYMOUS-FTP-DIRECTORY command in:

$ MULTINET CONFIGURE

    If you are interested in finding this in the sources, look in the
module [MULTINET_PLUS.MULTINET.FTP]INTERNAL_FTP.C around line 965
for the check for the username ANONYMOUS being special and setting
the "Protocol.Guest" flag in the state block, and around line 923 for
the code which validates based on the local password being "GUEST"
if the "Protocol.Guest" flag is set in the state block. Also check
in COMMAND.C and FTP_SERVER.C for the code which disallows certain
operations if the "Protocol.Guest" flag is set.

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						Kenneth Adelman
						TGV, Incorporated